Band D in Spelthorne is £2,526.49 for 2026/27, up £113.71. Every band A to H split three ways, who raised what, and why it is the last year Spelthorne sets it.
Spelthorne has one advantage over most councils when it comes to council tax: there are no parish or town councils in the borough, so there is one set of charges for the whole area. A band D house in Staines-upon-Thames pays exactly what a band D house in Shepperton, Ashford, Sunbury, Stanwell or Laleham pays.
That figure is £2,526.49 for 2026/27, up £113.71 on last year’s £2,412.78, a rise of 4.71%.
Below is the full band A to H table, the three-way split behind it, what each body put up, and the change coming in April 2027 that will end Spelthorne setting this charge at all. Every figure was checked against the council’s own pages and its 2026/27 Council Tax leaflet on 1 September 2026.
The 2026/27 charge, band by band
The council publishes the totals on one page and the three-way split only inside a PDF leaflet. Here they are together.
| Band | Surrey County Council | Surrey Police | Spelthorne Borough Council | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | £1,292.28 | £235.05 | £157.00 | £1,684.33 |
| B | £1,507.66 | £274.22 | £183.17 | £1,965.05 |
| C | £1,723.04 | £313.40 | £209.33 | £2,245.77 |
| D | £1,938.42 | £352.57 | £235.50 | £2,526.49 |
| E | £2,369.18 | £430.92 | £287.83 | £3,087.93 |
| F | £2,799.94 | £509.27 | £340.17 | £3,649.38 |
| G | £3,230.70 | £587.62 | £392.50 | £4,210.82 |
| H | £3,876.84 | £705.14 | £471.00 | £5,052.98 |
Nothing is added on top of these. Spelthorne is recorded by the Office for National Statistics as an entirely unparished district, and the council publishes a single table rather than one per area, which is what you would expect if any parish council existed here.
The bands are fixed proportions of band D, so band A is always two thirds of it and band H always double. That means a band H bill in Spelthorne is exactly three times a band A bill.
Where the money goes
Three bodies take a share, and the borough council you vote for takes the smallest one. Spelthorne’s own words: “just over 9% (9.30p in every pound) of the Council Tax we collect is actually used to fund Spelthorne Borough Council services”.
Who put it up, and by how much
All three raised their share, and not by the same amount:
- Surrey County Council: up 4.99%. It takes 76.7% of the bill.
- Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner: up 4.40%. It takes 14%.
- Spelthorne Borough Council: up 2.9%, which is £6.64 a year on band D. It takes 9.3%.
The borough’s is the smallest rise of the three and the council makes a point of it, calling it “below the current rate of inflation”. Because its share is small, the county council’s 4.99% does most of the work in the £113.71 you are actually paying.
Two figures on the council’s own pages do not add up
The bands page ends with the line: “The total Spelthorne share of Council Tax for most households will be an average of £6.64 per week.” That cannot be right. The Spelthorne share of a band D bill is £235.50 for the whole year, which is £4.53 a week. £6.64 is the annual increase, and the leaflet says so in as many words: “an additional £6.64 for the year on a band D property”.
The valuation and banding page carries an older error. It tells low income residents they “can apply for up to 100% Council Tax Benefit”. Council Tax Benefit was abolished in 2013 and replaced with each council’s own scheme, and Spelthorne’s scheme makes working-age claimants pay at least 25%. Nobody of working age in this borough gets 100% off.
Your band, and how to challenge it
Bands were set on what a property was worth on 1 April 1991, not what it is worth now. The ranges, from the council’s own table:
| Band | 1991 value | Share of band D |
|---|---|---|
| A | Up to £40,000 | 66.6% |
| B | Over £40,000, up to £52,000 | 77.7% |
| C | Over £52,000, up to £68,000 | 88.88% |
| D | Over £68,000, up to £88,000 | 100% |
| E | Over £88,000, up to £120,000 | 122.22% |
| F | Over £120,000, up to £160,000 | 144.44% |
| G | Over £160,000, up to £320,000 | 166.66% |
| H | Over £320,000 | 200% |
Check your own band on the Valuation Office Agency’s list. Bandings are the VOA’s job, not the council’s, and Spelthorne says its own staff do not know what your property was valued at, only which band it landed in.
On appeals, the council’s page is clear about the deadline most people miss: a new occupier has six months from the date they move in to appeal the band. Everyone who has lived in a property since 1 April 1993 had to appeal by 30 November 1993, so for long-term residents that route has closed. You can still ask for a review where there has been a material change to the property. A falling market is not grounds, and an extension does not push the band up until the property is sold.
You must keep paying while an appeal is outstanding. Contact the VOA at gov.uk/contact-voa or on 0300 050 1501.
Discounts, exemptions and support
- Single person: 25% off. If you are the only adult in the property.
- Full-time students and properties occupied only by students.
- Empty properties, homes where the occupier has moved into residential care, and homes with a self-contained annexe used by a dependent relative, may qualify for an exemption for a period.
- Severe mental impairment, including conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease, and other disability-related reductions.
Council Tax Support is the low income scheme, and Spelthorne’s local rules are stricter than the national ones it replaced in 2013:
- working age claimants pay at least 25% of their council tax
- people with disabilities pay at least 10%
- pensioners are protected and stay on the national scheme
- savings must be under £16,000
There is also Second Adult Rebate, worth 7.5% to 25% depending on the other adult’s income, for a liable person sharing with an adult on a low income who is not their partner, lodger or tenant. Apply for either through the council’s claim form or on 01784 451499.
If you are behind, the council has a problems paying page. Bills go out in March and can be paid annually, over six months or monthly.
2026/27 is the last bill Spelthorne sets
On 1 April 2027 Spelthorne Borough Council and Surrey County Council both cease to exist. They are replaced by West Surrey Council, a single unitary authority covering Guildford, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Waverley and Woking. Parliament approved the Surrey Structural Changes Order in March 2026.
The council’s own announcement states that during the shadow period “the shadow authorities will set budgets and council tax for 2027/28”. So the £2,526.49 above is the last Spelthorne band D charge there will be, and the next one will be set by a body covering six former districts.
Councillors on the shadow authority have also asked the government to rename it West Surrey and South Middlesex Council, a motion carried on 30 July 2026, specifically to reflect Spelthorne’s history. Whether that is agreed, and what a single charge across six areas does to a Spelthorne bill, are both still open. We are covering the shadow authority as it goes: see our reporting on its constitution and its scrutiny arrangements.
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